Have you ever wondered how exactly someone scores an entire season of 24 minute episodes without losing their mind? How they can keep bringing in fresh music even after such a huge amount has already been created? William Anderson just dropped off this insider secret over on his deviant art page:

Casting the spell known as "The My Little Pony Mind Meld," whereupon I enter a trance state and commune with The Grand Goddess of The Elements of Harmony, who transmits the music for the show to me while I am in oneness with her. The music for the MLP:FiM is not written by me, it is given. I am just the vessel for the transmission. The music is from The Goddess of the Elements of Harmony.

- William Anderson

I guess that confirms why Friendship is Magic is so alluring. You have all been coerced by a pagan god. Honestly, I don't even mind.

On that topic, I have two flash videos for you today: one being an animation for We Love Fine's 'My Favorite Pony' contest, and one being Twilight Sparkle dancing with a lot of glitter and streamers and stuff. It has Love In Bloom, if that didn't convince you. Check em both out after the break.

I wonder who came up with the word "walkie-talkie"? I don't think I've ever typed it out before, and never realized how weird it was.

Anyway, this set of walkie-talkies was found at a store called Big W in Australia. I remember when I was around the humble age of six, and thought these things were magic, so I'm assuming Pinkie Pie's world breaking counter-physics are a good match for them. That or shes just pink, and we can't have Rainbow Dash blue in the pink isle!

Lyra definitely has some awesome colors. We start this one off with a remix of H8_Seed's "heartstrings" song, followed by a bit version of Daddy Discord, and a new original vocal track in a style I recognize but can't place! It's a good one regardless! Check them all out below.

I promise this is not going to be 30 days of Lyra as the post header... sometimes there will be Bon Bon, too! No, but really look at her and tell me I had a choice on this one. That's a pony what knows how to move, baby. And move she has, along with all 1053 of her friends! Combined with the full results of yesterday's gallery, that puts our two day total at an astonishing 2522 ponies! This is mind boggling. I trotted 5500 out as last year's total because I was proud of it. You guys are going to crush it before Wednesday. Big round of applause to all of you, using as big and swingy of a motion as possible. I'm a mare of the hour, after all.

So, some good news on the gallery front! Because of your continued and astonishing enthusiasm for the NATG, you're producing too many ponies to host on the internet the normal way. This means we'll be sticking with the solution we used last night, which is good for all of you because it means I can afford to leave the submitter open for several hours past the actual deadline again! Rejoice, all of you last minute "slip it under the door" types! I get to be lenient again!

Speaking of submitting, to send an image for day three, use the Day 3 submitter. I know, it sounds obvious, but you'd be surprised how hard it can be to find a place when you aren't told where it is. Get cracking, then!

Today's prompt is all about incorporating a little extra bit of the world alongside your pony, seeing how the living matches to the non-living: Draw a pony with a prop/Draw a material pony!

And without further ado, I present you the Day 2 Gallery: Enter the Motionarium (every one of you who drew a pony on a go board gets a bonus gold star sticker today for best use of joke prompt)